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CHAPTER 2 LESSON 2 Flashcards

1
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What early beliefs that human beings were created

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Divine creation

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2
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What was replaced by the word divine creation

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Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection

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Also known as Pre-Socratic or non-theological or first philosophy

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Intellectual revolution

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Greek speculation about nature and it is on the period before Socrates

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Intellectual revolution

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5
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Three characteristics of intellectual revolution

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-the world is a natural whole
-there is a natural order
-human can discover those laws

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6
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It was the growth of humanism during the Renaissance

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Scientific revolution

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7
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It was the period of mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry

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Scientific revolution

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It is a framework containing all commonly accepted views about a subject

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Paradigm shift

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9
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Who suggested that a paradigm includes the practices that define scientific discipline at a certain point in time

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Thomas kuhn

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It is not a threat to science but rather the very manner in which it progresses

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Paradigm shift

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A paradigm would make a sudden leap from one of to the next

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Shift

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12
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One of the earliest ideas on how solar system was structured and who was the person behind it

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Capernican revolutions by Claudius ptolemy

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13
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What concept if the posited that planets as well as the sun and the moon was moved in a circular motion around the earth

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Geo-centrism

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In 16th century who challenged the geocentric model by putting sun at the center of the solar system and know as the concept of what

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Nicolaus Copernicus
Heliocentrism

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In 1563, at the age 16, who observed Jupiter overtaking Saturn as the planets moved past each other

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Tycho brahe

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16
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What theory does Tycho brahe

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Geoheliocentric theory

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17
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In 1600, who brahe hired as his assistant

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Johannes Kepler

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18
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What theory does Johannes Kepler

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Three laws of planetary

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19
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What is Keplers quest to bring together

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Geometry and physics led to a new shape of the planetary orbits

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The three laws of planetary

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  1. The planets move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus
  2. A line from the sun to any given planet sweeps out equal areas in equal time intervals
  3. The square of a planets period is proportional to the cube of the planets mean distance from the sun
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21
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Offered initial arguments for a force of attraction that could recognize and hold this kind of system together

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Astronomie Nova

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22
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Year 1608 and the first telescope had just been invented

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By Galileo Galilei

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23
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He observed the moon and Venus motion

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Galileo Galilei

24
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He proposed the laws of gravitational motion

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Isaac newton

25
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Newtons most important book was written in latin

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Mathematical principles of natural philosophy (1687)

26
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The three of life

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Darwinian revolution

27
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In the late 19th century, Sigmund Freud was able to change people’s perception of pshychology with what theory

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Theory of psychoanalysis

28
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Is the study of human behavior

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Psychoanalysis

29
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The three product of personality

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Id
Ego
Superego

30
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Made up of unconscious psychic energy

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ID

31
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Works to suppress the urges of id

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Superego

32
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Works to satisfy the IDs desire

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Ego

33
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Also known as the computer age, digital age, or new media age

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The information age

34
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Started from the sumerian pictographs

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Information revolution

35
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Is the root of the continuing advancements

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Computer technology

36
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Topic 1

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Intellectual revolution

37
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Topic 2

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Cradle of early science

38
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A historical region

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Meso America

39
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One of the famous civilization

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Mayan civilization

40
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Responsible for the remarkable scientific achievements

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Mayan

41
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Contribution of mayan

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  1. Mayan astronomy
  2. Calendar system
    The haab, the tzolkin, long count
  3. Hydraulic system
  4. Mayan art
  5. Rubber
42
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Largest empire

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Inca civilization

43
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Contribution of inca civilization

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Roads
Stone buildings
Incan calendar
Brain surgery
Freeze-dried foods
Irrigation system

44
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A nomadic tribe

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Aztec civilization

45
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Contribution of Aztec civilization

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Mandatory education
Chocolates
Chunampa
Aztec calendar
Canoe
Soccer

46
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Huge peninsula surrounded by vast bodies of water

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Indian civilization

47
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Contribution of indian civilization

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Astronomy
Traditional medicine
Chemistry
Mathematics
Plastic and eye surgery

48
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Worlds four ancient civilizations

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China

49
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Contribution of Chinese civilization

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Medicine
Mathematics
Arts
Astronomy
Music
Philosophy
Science

50
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Natural land bridge connecting the continents of Asia Africa and Europe

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Middle east

51
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Called the cradle of civilization

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Middle east

52
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Called the fertile crescent

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Middle east

53
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Contribution of Arab civilization

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Optics
Mathematics
Chemistry
Toothbrush
Flying machine

54
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Second largest continent

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Africa

55
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Discoveries of Africa civilization

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Architecture
Medicine
Engineering
Agriculture

56
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Contribution of Africa civilization

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Tally chalks
Education system
Metallurgy
Tools and weaponry
Trade and commerce

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